The football fan who fouled up his photo with Christian Benteke will get his picture taken with the Aston Villa star after all - thanks to the Birmingham Mail.

Jonathan Fearn became an internet sensation after his botched attempt to take a ‘selfie’ with Benteke was shared on social media.

In a clip which has gone viral, the 24-year-old Villa fan pressed the wrong button on his phone and recorded his own frustrated reaction instead.

Jonathan from Tamworth thought his chance of a souvenir snap with the big Belgian had gone - until we intervened to put him in touch with the club.

Aston Villa Jonathan Fearn and girlfriend Katie McLachlan

We have passed on his details to Villa who have promised to arrange an opportunity for him to meet the star striker again - and this time take a proper photo.

“That would be great if I could meet him again,” smiled Jonathan.

“I’ll get somebody else to take the photo next time or I’ll take 10 or I’ll get Benteke in a headlock so he can’t leave before I’ve got my picture!

“I can’t believe how mad it’s gone, so I’ve got to thank my girlfriend for making me put the clip on Facebook and everybody for sharing it.”

The Tamworth-based sign-fitter was working at a petrol station in his home town when he had a chance meeting with Benteke last week.

“I work all over the country so it’s rare that I was working in Tamworth - it’s probably the first time I’ve worked there in a year,” he explained.

“He pulled up on the forecourt. I wasn’t sure if it was him at first as I’m not used to seeing him when he’s not in a Villa kit.

“I checked with my mate ‘that is him isn’t it?’ and he said yes.

“I walked over sheepishly and said ‘Up the Villa’ and had a litle chat. I didn’t mention that we handn’t scored in 10 hours!

“I got my phone out... and the rest speaks for itself!”

In the clip there is a grim moment of realisation when Jonathan discovers he has failed to take the photo with the claret and blue hero.

It was only days later when he went to visit girlfriend Katie in Glasgow that he was encouraged to put his embarrassment aside and post the video on Facebook.

“I just wanted a quick picture so I could send it to my mates and say ‘Ha, look at this!’. I wasn’t gong to post it online.

“I showed my girlfriend the video and she was in hysterics. She said you’ve got to put it on Facebook.

“I said ‘I can’t it’s embarrassing’, but I did anyway and it went mad.

“I got up on Saturday and there were 2,000 views and I haven’t even got that many friends on Facebook. It kept appearing on different sites and it’s had tens of thousands of views by now.”

Benteke himself shared the video on his own Facebook page with the message ‘Sorry Lad! Hope we meet again for a picture’,

“Benteke put it on his page and there was even more interest,” said Jonathan.

“He put a message on saying ‘Sorry lad’’ which was nice of him, bless him.

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“He seems like a good guy and he must get bothered all the time for photos, but he still was polite and had time for me, even though I made a mess of the picture.

“It’s the power of the internet, I suppose it’s nice to be famous for something even if it is not taking a picture properly! I’ve had loads of messages from firends and family saying ‘What have you started?!’ it’s been really overwhelming.”